"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.